Re: [DML] sending units & Houston Special

["Welmoed" <welmoedj@xxxxxxxxx>]

You don't have to buy it, you can disagree, it's you choise.
Nevertheless I merely state found facts for my 2 DeLoreans.
Filling up to 45 liters (11.89 US Gallon) didn't occur once, but many a time until I decided to fill up sooner to save the pump.
And, I'm not letting you draw me into debating this, alike you and Bill.

Welmoed.


--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Martin Gutkowski <martin@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Welmoed, I'm sorry but I just don't buy those figures. While it's 
> true that on a perfectly flat road driving at a constant speed you could 
> run any pickup down to 5 litres, I've driven a DeLorean with 5 litres of 
> fuel in it and it was completely undrivable in any but the most gentle 
> corner or the most gentle accelleration.
> 
> The point of a baffle is to allow the car to run *as normal* when the 
> tank gets low.
> 
> Martin
> 
> On 10/05/2012 19:35, Welmoed wrote:
> > I have John's tuna can setup.
> > Had it in my previous and current D.
> > Before I turned my previous D's original fuel pump setup into John's my D got 46 liters out of the tank before starving.
> >
> > After changing to John's setup that turned out to be 45 liters anfd that goes for both cars.
> > One liter (approx a fourth of a gallon) less than I got from the original setup is not a very big issue to me.
> > More important is that I'm now not running the risk of collapsing or torn pickup hoses, or a floating baffle.
> >
> > Welmoed.
> >
>




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